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Mar 5, 2008

Uwe Boll: Spielberg is sloppy

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Dungeon Siege and BloodRayne movie director, Uwe Boll, has lashed out at Stephen Spielberg - pitting his film, an adaptation of videogame Postal, against the new Indiana Jones flick. In an email sent to horror website Bloody Disgusting, Boll said: "On the Indiana Jones weekend - May 23 - we will go out and destroy Indiana Jones in the Box Office! We all know that Harrison Ford is older as my grandpa and his time is up - would Michael ...
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Mar 4, 2008

Wii TV Friend Channel launches in Japan

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Nintendo has released an interactive community TV Guide for the Wii in Japan today, dubbed the Wii TV Friend Channel. This latest edition to the channel service brings a Freeview style menu system directly to your console. This displays a comprehensive list of TV shows you can watch by switching your Wii off and flicking the TV to another channel. You can also highlight interesting programs and use your Wii Remote as a TV remote, so you don't ...
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Mar 3, 2008

"38% of gamers are female"

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Thirty-eight percent of gamers are female, according to a report by the Entertainment Software Association, sourced by CNN technology. According to the ESA, girl gamers spend 7.4 hours a week playing games, in-between hiding every television remote and moaning that we've left the toilet seat up. Studies and sales data have shown that women are more likely to play casual handheld games such as Nintendo DS titles, along with "social games" ...
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Feb 29, 2008

Eidos parent SCi axing 14 projects - Pivotal too?

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In an alarming move by Eidos parent comapny SCi, 14 projects are to be axed to balance against the £81.4 million ($162 million) loss the company has accrued. This may or may not spell doom for other SCi-owned developers; Eidos has declined to comment on rumors that Conflict: Denied Ops dev Pivotal Games will be sold off or closed down as a result of SCi's decision.Here's the original story on the SCi move from our pals ...
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Feb 27, 2008

Wii used to treat burn victims

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In between solving Britain's obesity crisis and teaching Doctors how to perform surgery, the Wii is now helping burn victims boost their recovery process. Doctors in South-East England are offering patients sessions on the console, in order to bring back flexibility to damaged areas. "When recovering from an operation, such as a skin graft, patients may need to recover normal use of their hands and arms," said Maureen Adams, head of therapy at ...
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Feb 22, 2008

Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection no longer free?

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All those free matches of Mario Kart DS you've been playing? Cherish them while you can, because Nintendo announced in a GDC panel today that it'll be rolling out a new "Pay & Play" service. A brand new red logo could be seen hovering just under the standard blue, "free" Wi-Fi Connection symbol during the talk, ideally to help differentiate the two services. Full details were not revealed, but speaker Takashi Aoyama did have this to say ...
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Feb 22, 2008

Japan: Nintendo platforms dominant

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The Wii held onto the top spot in Japan while the DS fought back to outsell the PSP during the week ended February 17. ...

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Feb 22, 2008

EA: Metacritic rating a 'very big deal'

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In a meeting with Wall Street analysts, EA head John Riccitello has lashed out at the company's average metacritic score, which last year dropped from 77 to 72. "There is nothing acceptable about that," Riccitiello says. "Our core game titles are accurately measured and summarized by these assessments, and that is a very big deal." ...
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Feb 22, 2008

Phil Harrison "pissed off" by Sony Japan

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During what Next Generation calls the best session of GDC, some of the industry's biggest cone heads came together to talk about games and the future. Crowd-pulling names like Phil Harrison (Sony), Peter Molyneux (Lionhead) and David Perry (Acclaim) piled into a posh hotel room, along with a handful of press. One of the more interesting nuggets to come from the meet involved Phil Harrison talking about his constant battle to get social ...
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Feb 21, 2008

Commodore 64 coming to Virtual Console

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In one of the most surprising announcements over the past few days, Commodore Gaming has confirmed to us that old Commodore 64 games are on their way to the Wii. Later on this year, Wii owners will be able to pay 500 Wii points for the privilege of playing games that cost around £1.99 ($4) when they first hit the shelves back in the days where games came on cassettes. So you'll almost be paying double for the privilege. The first games ...
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